Category Archives: Calculus

Maximizing with ratio of slant height to radius

A cone has radius r and fixed slant height of s cm. Find the ratio s:r which maximizes the volume of the cone.

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Max profit when total cost and selling cost are given

The total cost of producing a blanket per day is pounds and for this production level each blanket may be sold for pounds. How many blankets should be produced per day to maximize the total profit?

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Related rate problem of a conical heap

Wheat runs from a hole in a silo at a constant rate and forms a conical heap whose base radius is treble it’s height After 1 minute the height of the heap is 20 cm. Find the rate at which … Continue reading

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Best viewing angle (Regiomontanus problem)

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IB HL Integral with substitution

Let . Show that

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What is x^x as x tends to 0 ?

Find

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Proving why (1+1/x)^x = e as x tends to infinity

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IB Math Vertical Tangent to the folium of Descartes

The folium of Descartes is a curve defined by the equation , as shown in the following diagram. Determine the exact coordinates of the point P on the curve where the tangent is parallel to the y axis.

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How to find rate of change of angle when speed is given ?

A camera at point C is 3 m from the edge of a straight section of road as shown in the following diagram. The camera detects a car traveling along the road at t=0. It then rotates, always pointing at … Continue reading

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Infinite limit of even power under square root function

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